5 Replies Latest reply on Aug 18, 2011 12:38 PM by Daen Hendrickson

Custom Property Dialog Shortcut

Daen Hendrickson Aug 17, 2011 7:52 PM

I am using SW2011 with SP3.

Is anyone aware of a keyboard shortcut with the Custom Property dialog open that is equivalent to clicking the OK button at the bottom?

I am updating several files in a similar manner. I am adding some text on the Summary tab in the Comments section. The annoyance is that once I click in the comments area, hitting the enter key just gives me a new line. So I have to run my mouse over to my other monitor and click. I know I can hit the tab key 4 times to highlight the OK button then press Enter. I was looking for something a little more direct. This is probably more of a Windows functionality than SW.

Thanks, Daen

Message was edited by: Daen Hendrickson Well silly me! Hitting the tab key 4 times does select the OK button, but hitting the Enter key does NOT activate it...

Re: Custom Property Dialog Shortcut

Deepak Gupta Aug 17, 2011 8:51 PM (in response to Daen Hendrickson)

I'm not sure if there exist any shortcut but did you tried using Property Tab Builder

You can also use a macro to update the properties without opening the Custom Property dialog window.
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  Novly Abdurohman Aug 17, 2011 10:21 PM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  Deepak,
  
  Can you share the macro?
  
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    Deepak Gupta Aug 17, 2011 11:16 PM (in response to Novly Abdurohman)
    
    There are plenty on them on this forum. You can also try these one:
    
    Custom Property Macro - JS (New Version)
    
    FixProperties
    
    PropertyEditorGlobal
    
    Rigid Custom Properties V4.71
    
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Re: Custom Property Dialog Shortcut

Scott McFadden Aug 17, 2011 9:16 PM (in response to Daen Hendrickson)

I have a short cut key setup to the file>properties dialog but nothing beyond that.
I set that up in the keyboard section of the custom dialog when you RC on the toolbar.
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Re: Custom Property Dialog Shortcut

Daen Hendrickson Aug 18, 2011 12:38 PM (in response to Daen Hendrickson)

I am using the PT pane to fill in the named custom properties. And I have a keyboard shortcut for opening the custom property dialog.

But the Comments section on the Summary tab holds a collection of odds and ends data. We have a boilerplate legal statement in there. We toss in a brief summary statement of what the last revision was about. Nothing that really fits in a dedicated custom property. A macro would for this would be rather involved because of the variability of the text in the comments area.

So my process right now is to have the text string I am placing in this area copied to the clipboard. I hit the shortcut key to open the Custom Property dialog. I toggle to the summary tab with ctrl-Tab if needed. I tab to the comments area and hit end to place the cursor at the last character. Then hit enter for a new line and ctrl-V to paste my text. Now I have to drag my mouse over and click the OK button. The keyboard sequence is quick and repeatable (yes, I hear you thinking prime candidate for a macro). But having trained myself to use the shortcut bar and hot keys as much as possible, the mouse over to the OK button seams inefficient. And so the post here on the forum.

Thanks for your inputs. I'll take a look as Depak's macro suggestions.

Daen
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